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GENERAL SCOTT READY TO REPORT HAS BEEN TO BORDER IN CON FERENCE WITH MEXICAN LEADERS. RETURNS TO WASHINGTON Has Been Working For Several Weeks in Furtherance of Pan-American Peace Plans. Washington.-- -Gen. Ilugh L. Scott. chief of staff ol' the ariny, re'tlrneI d t) Wash inttonl fronm the' .\lexicanl bordier. whelr for dewral weks he. has bonl warking in fuirtiherance of the l'ain American pwace p lan. Ile would not coliunent oi the resulls of hi; mission, which l will d iscutss with -ecretary Lansing. General Scott's first irission on ar rival at the lI)dE'r w.as to c(oiier with General Villa and settle diflfienl ties arisilg froin -eizure of property of for~eii:n iuerchants at ('hihualna. The ('en;tral also discussed with Villa tlie IPa n-.\mer i cait colventlion pro posal, whiebh \illa and his followers hnve eceplted. Since lien the nature of General Scott's discussion has not been di (losed. It is relported that he tried to get in conllnunieation with (en eral ()bregon. General C'arranza's chief In the field. Whether le sue Ceedled in this has not been learned. Ohreton. howeveir. r(eipolinti: to the l'anl-Amerle~ian appeall. said that. (:ar ranza's answer would hie his. It is taken for grantted here that General Scott brought hack a fund of iliteresting Inforiation. The chiel of staff hafis long been familiar with conditioins in Mexico, and is person a lly acquainted with mnany military leaders. No disclosures have b)(een iiade as to the next stelp the P)aI-Amiericani Ciniifirees ar' ilailning with refer. 01C to .\Mexico. ''here will be no mCeeting until ('arranza's reply to the a1ppeaI for a peace conference has b1ein received. The conferees will Urge recognition of the ('arranza gov erlllninet. JULY EXPORTS BREAK RECORD. Greatest Ever Recorded For That Month, Valued at $267,978,900, \Vaslhington.- Exports of thei pro ducts of Anuerican farias and facto ries in July -Valued at $267.978.900 were the greatest eCver recorded in ?lithatmonth, the department of com1 merce has .iust aamolunced. 'T'he near' etst approach to the new record Was made in July, 1913, when American shipments abroad reached $160,990, 77S. ''he trade balance for the month the excess of exports over imports Was $124.879.370, compared with a balance of $21.929,00S in .July, 1913. In July, .19141, exports were less t-han im ports by more t han $5,000,000. i0xpor'ts for the first seven months of the yearI va'lutedl at $1,969,737,496, gave aP1 blan3ce of trade ini favor of tho t'nlted States only a little short (if onte hillion dollars. 'rho balance wa $960,878,054, compared with 60, 388.789j in the first seven months of 1914. July Imports were valued at $143,. 099.62, compared wvithi $159,677,291 1last year; for the seven months $1.. 908,909, 441, against $1,140,593,373. Fell From Top of Mountain. Atlanta, Ga.-Wilson Reid of Nor folk, Va., fell four hundred feet froir the top of Stone Mountain near hert( and was instantly killed. WVorkomii in a quarry at the foot of the mni~i &ain saw him plunge over the edge o: the precipice on tihe north side (of thet peak. is body was found a fter search of 30 mlin1utesi. ,It is supposedl lleidl slipp)ed whlt - mpting to look over the edge oi procip1)1 C. Aeronaut Killed. 'ort Wayne, Ind.--(;eorge WIiis an aeronau111t, wa~s killed( wh'len hi ped out of hIs para'lchute to escapii ing Into a forest. Ilis neck wal Submarine F-4 Brought to Surface. H~onluluh.-The U. S. S. submairin< F-4 submerged outside the harbo here since March 26 last wals relloate< tand towed to the quarantine statlot in Honolulu Bay. The submarine F-. commnanlded by Lieutenant Alfred L Ede and wvithi a crew of 21 men, went .to the bottom of the harbor of H~ono Tulu March 26, 1915., duiiIng maneou vers of the "F" squadron. She was located two days later and( Diver Johi Agraz of the Navy, descended 21f ,feet, estalishling a newv wor'ldI req~ord. Millions in Toys May Be Lost. Berlin.-Amierican business men in Germany are taking tihe gloomniest view of the fate of great quantities ol goods ordered in Germany for the American Christmas traile. They saa that the loss of these goods wvii amount to millions. Orders totallin; $50,000,000 for such wvares as toys Blohemlan glassware, bronzes, Christ snas cards and optical specialties hai ~een placed for summer delivery, I * I stated, this being the usdal pract~tci ttorder' to.4 9' Auier'itan wholemn,li olau and rthmit to paa goods COLONEL ROOSEVELT .~ 4' Colonel Roosevelt, caught by th. cameIa in the midst of one of his en ergetic denunciations of the peace-at any-price advocates during his west. ern trin. YIOLATES FDERAL LAW GUSTAV KOPSCH ARRESTED AT WASHINGTON FOR MAKING PICTURES OF FORTHS. Had Photographs of Military Reserva tions and Guns at Fortress Mon roe and Also at Cape Henry. Washington. - (iustav' Kopsch, a young Gertan employed as an instrtu iment maker by the Carnegie i nstitu tiol here, was arreste(d by agents of the department, o justice charged with violating the Foderal law for protection of the national defense by uaking pictures of military reser vations. lie was held in $5,000 bail and will be sent to Norfolk for trail in the United States District court there. According to the officers, Kopsch had in hil possession photographs of the fortifications and guns at Fort ress Monroe and of the reservation at Cape Henry, Va., where the govern ment is platnning extensive works tc defend the entrance to Chesapeake Bay. Kopsch returned to Washingtor after a vacation of about 20 days. 'He had been under surveillance during the latter part of the time, his pres ence with a camera about Fortres: Monroe, where he is said to have asked many questions having attract ed attention. A. Bruce Bielaski, chie tt the bureau of investigation of tht department of justice, took persona charge of the case and after an ir quiry ordered the arrest. When arrested the prisoner is sal to have made no attempt to den taking the pictures, but insisted thn a drunken sentry at For-tress Mot roe gace him permission to use hi camera thlere. ROOSEVELT NOT SATiSFIED. Thinks United States Should Giv Gemrmany a Licking. Plattsburg, N. Y.-"l)on't appiau unless you feel a bur-ning sense c shame because the UnIitedl States ha not stoodl upl ior lelgiumn." 'ii. Thodor-e Roosevelt, former Pros (l-nt of the U nitedl States, enlappie out these wo-d ai ~t ai cr-owd at te mnilitar-y instri'uction) Campi duriing speech in whichl lhe censur-ed the at inlistr-ation for- its alttitude ini tht ldurOpeant si tuationl and strongly ur-j ('d preparedness lor- wart. As he p~aus ed after uttering~ the sentence, hi audlenc-e, consisting of about 1,20' memiber-s of the camop antd more that 2,000 othert pfersons, bur11st into wili and1 prolonged .plaluse. "The sur-est wauy for a nlation to in -vito dlisaster- is to b~e rich, aggr-essiv and( uinarmedi,"' the formneri tresident said at another time in speaking o preparedntess. "I wish to miake one comment 01 the statement so fr-aptently madl that we must stand behind the Pries (lent." he said. "'I heattily sub1scrilb to this onl 'onidition, andh only 01 Icondlition ,that it is followed by thi statement 'so long as the P'residen stands by the countr'" Aviator Killed. - Lo0ndon.-Subh-Ldeut. Johnt McLart . 3f the Royal Navy Flying ('or-ps wva killed while flying a seaplane ove Sou thaminptotn water onl the 1n gl is: coast. 'The machine met with a mb hal) and( Mciarty fell out, dlroppin, 2,000 feet. Wholesale Graft In Canada. Winnipeg. Man.--Chmarges that enom mous over-ipaymenls wvere made to th contractors wvho ei-ectedl the newv Pai liament buildings of the province 0 Manitoba; that these over-payment in part at leaist werec designCed to prc vide a camipaignl fund for- tile recen Roblin government and that soi members ot that government weri cognizant of what was gping on worn sustained in the report of tile Roya Commision, commonly known as ti Mathers commission, which inquiret into the charges. GERMANY WISHES TO SATISFY U. S. IF ARABIC WAS ATTACKED WITH OUT WARNING WILL MAKE REPARATION. PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE Will Also Give Assurance That Such Tragedies Will Not Be Repeated. Lusitania Case. Washington.-Geitnany's Intention to offer full satisfaction to the United States for the sinking of the liner Arabic with a loss of two American lives, was communicated formally to the state department by Count von Hernstorff, German ambassador here, on instructions from the Belin foreign office. The ambassador read to Secretary Lansing a memorandum outlining the position of his government. It is promised that if it was found that the Arabic was attacked without warning, the Imperial government not only would promptly disavow the act, but would give the United States "full satisfaction." This, it is well known, would have to include repara tion for the Americans lost and as surances that such tragedies would not be repeated. No further developments in the sit uation are expected now until the submarine commander who sank the Arabic has reported to Berlin. Mean time, President Wilson and Secretary Lansing, though visibly encouraged and relieved by Count von Bern stortf's assurances and reports from A mbassador Gerard on his conferences with the Foreign Minister von Jagow, are in a waiting attitude. Before the American government can speak there must be forthcoming the Ger man disavowel and explanation of what all evidence received has seem ed to prove was an "unfriendly act." It also became known that the state department has been informed that Germany is ready to renew dis cussion of the Lusitania incident and to offer reparation for the American lives lost when that vessel was sent to the bottom without warning by a German submarine. There has been no response to the last American note on this subject and it is known that the United States would not list en to reparation proposals with the situation created by the sinking of the Arabic still pending. GOVERNORS END MEETING. Will Meet Next Year In Salt Lake City.-Naval Resources Discussed. Boston.-After discussion of the naval and military resoures of the country in which it was generally I agreed that the United States was not - adequately prepared against foreign Invasion, the Conference of Governors I Cfende its annual sessions. No reso r lutions on the subject were proposed, t but several of the executives saidl they felt certain all the governors s would return to their states with the intention of denmanding from their congressmen support in any program for strengthening the forces of de fb'nse. e'The' governors chose Salt Lake City as tne place for next year's meet ing andl eleeted Governor Spryo of litah, chairman of the executive comn mittee. Other committee members s elected were Governor Stuart of Vir ginia and Governor Capper of Kan sas. The conference program, which Shad included a review of the Atlantic S feet and a par-ade of 7,000 members -of the Massachusetts militia, has arousedl great interest In discussion. As a result the sessions were remov -ed from the senate chamber to the more spacious hall of the house of represen ta,t ives, Wilson Walked to Bank. Washington. - President Wilson - walked' through the business section of Washington going to his bank to examine pa pers in his safe deposit bhox. ie was recognizedl frequently andl returned bows of many pedles trians. - Trip to South America. New York-The personnel of the various sub-commi ttees of the body in charge of arrangements for the return t ri p of Americana bankers and~ business men to Cent ral andl South America will he dliscussed andl steps taken to plan itine-rar-ies at. a meeting to be held in this city, Septenmber 9. A call t or this meeting was issued by James rA. I''arrell, chairman of flhe committee i appoinutedI by Secretary of the Tr'ieas -ury ~lAloo to arrange detaIls. Much ;Interest is manifest ed by buisiniess men. ExPrsien Taft Talks PlaInly. B lerkeley, ('aI.- lFormer President 3 Taft w-ar-ned ('alifornia that it was5 - condlucting a clinical laboratory for social antd politic-al experiments for which it would have to pay. Mr. Taft - spoke in the ope.'u air Greek theatre at the University of California. "This state is a lahor-atory 'for political ex periments," he said. "which we in the F~ast are qiuite willing you should Imaintain, if you ar-e quite willing to pay the hills, and you may be sure yo il hsvnt mm 1on. LOUIS RANDOLPH FORD Louis Randolph Ford, ensign in the United States navy, is one of the offi cers who rece ved the degree of mas ter of arts from Columbia university at this year's commencement. He is a Texan and entered the service as an enlisted machinist. [ERMANY SENDS REGRETS .OUNT BERNSTORFF ASKS FOR HEARING IN CASE CONCERN ING ARABIC. In Message to Stabe Department Ger many Asks That Berlin Side Be Heard-Teat of Note. Washington.-Count 3ernstorff, the German Ambassador, communicated to the, state department instructions from Berlin expressing regret if Americans lost their lives in the sink ing of the liner Arabic, and asking that the United States delay taking a definite stand in the case until Ger many could report in more detail. This was the first word from an of ficial German source concerning the Arabic, on which two Americans per ished. Its receipt was followed by an evident relaxation of tension among officials. No attempt was Riade however either at the state de partment or the White House to in terpret the ambargador's communica tion. Officials merely said the Amer lean government of course would await the German explanation. Count Bernstorff telegraphed from New York the text of his instruction from Berlin as follows: "So far no official information available concerning the sinking of the Arabic. The German government trusts that the American government will not take a definite stand at hear ing only the reports of one side, which In the opinion of the Imperial government cannot correspond with the facts, but that a chance will be geven to Germany ip be heard equal ly. Although the Imperial govern ment does not doubt the good faith of the witnesses whose statements are reported by the newspapers in Europe, it should be borne in mind that these statements are naturally made under excitement which might easily produce wrong impressions. If Americans should have actually lost their lives this would naturally be contrary to our intentions. The Ger man government would deeply regret the fact, and begm to tendler sincerest sympiathies to the American govern ment." Secretary Lansigg Indicated he did not intend1 to reply at this time. Hie agreed to publication of the Ambas sador's statement but said he had no comment to make. NEUTRALS MAY GET COTTON. Will Not Be Confiscated Unless Ship ments Exceed Consumption. Washington.-Reassurance to cotton shippers that their cargoes for- neum trals will not be confiscated under the contrabandl order if they come within the normal consumption wvas given in a statement issued at the Biritish embassy. "It Is a misapprehension to sup pose that the dleclaration of cotton to be contraband will further restr-ict those consignments of cotton to neeu. tral countries wvhich are proved to be exclusively destined for the no mal consumption of those countries," said the statement. "The Embassy has no authority howeve', to give any assurance as to the immunity of particular shipments, but under the procedlure of international law rela ting to absolute contraband, evidence of ultlimate enemy destination will b~e neocsary to the condemnation of cotton as a lawful prize." $20,000,000 Credit For France. Newv York.-Announcement Is just made by Brown Bros. & Co., that ar. rangements for a $20,000,000 French commercial export credit had been'f completed and the credit issued. Gerrman Soldiers In Service. London.-Germany on July 31l had 1,800,000 men on the Western hamttle front and .1.400,000 on the East-a total of 3,200,000 on the actual.fighting line--according to a statement from an authorative BrItish source. The1 statement gives German losses in killed, wounded and missing up to June 30 as 1,672,444. The 3,200.000 men counted do not include a l'rge numbeor in garrisons, fortIficatIons and( on lines of comnmunicatIon. It is assorted there are also 1,120,000 Aus triann Ii actual snetic GERMANS CAPTURE RUSSIAN FORTRESS MUSCOVITES RETIRE WITHOUT ANY EFFORT TO DEFEND BREST-LITOVSK. CENTER OF BUG RIVER LINE mermans Are Now in Possession of the Whole Line of Railway From Chelm to Bialystok. London.--Brest-Litocsk, the main tussiani fortress and concentration enter for the Bug River line of do. ensea is now occupied by the Austro lernans. While the Russians offered tout resistance during the invaders' tpproach, it is apparent no attempt vas made to defend Brest-Litovsk it elf. It was evacuated as was Osso vetz, in conformity with the Russian ntention to take up new positions arther east. The Germans now are in possession )f the whole line of railway from "helm to Blalystok. The Russians :aving already avacuated the latter pity, the lesser fortreses of Grodno ind Olita now are the only strongly iefeaded positions remaining in the lands of the Russians. Both these ire being approached by the Germans. They probably will be given up when they have fulfilled their purpose of facilitating the Russian retreat. The Russians have not yet entered the vast Bleloviezh forest, which ex. tends 30 miles north andl south and has a width of from 17 to 30 miles. The forest is a famous hunting cen ter and a bison preserve. South of it are the Pripet marshes, which protect the Russian left and with plenty of roads and three or four railroad lines. it is expected here Grand Duke Nicho. las will make good his retirement of Grodno and Vilna can hold out long enough. Even if they should fall, military observers say the Grand Duke would be well on his way to his new positions before the Germans could reach his flank. There is' again talk of Russian pre parations for a stand, but no indica. tion as yet as to where this attempt is to to made. Aircraft again have broken the monotony of the western warfare. Sixty-two French aeroplanes flew over the Dellingen iron works near Saar louis, Rhenish Prussia, dropping 150 bombs, while a British aviator to re ported to have dropped a bomb upon and destroyed a German submarine off Ostend. The German report says four of the French machines in the attack near Saarlouis were brought down, one of them, however, falling behind the French lines. GOVERNORS DISCUSS DEFENSE. See Demonstration by Massachusetts Guard. Boston.--A demonstration of the preparedness for active service of the Massachusetts National Guard was given before the visiting Governors andl a great throng of citizens in a p~aradle, through the streets of the city, of the entire state militia. The gov ernors saw the maneuvers of some of the nation's battleships. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, retired, were with Governor Walsh and vis ining governors and former governors on the reviewing stand while the milItiamen marched past. Before the parade, the governors held their fourth session for presen tation and dliscussion of papers, the (lay being devoted to the treatmett of prisoners, and capital punishment. A statement by former Governor Blease of South Carolina that "mobs are no longer possible, liberty will b~e dead," called forth a brief re sponse from Governor Goldsborough of Maryland, who said "Such a statement is unchristiy. If capital punshment is wrong, how much more so is capItal punishmient at the handls of a mobi?" Goy. Richard I. Manning of South Carolina said that wvhen a lynching took place in his state nowv the coun ty had to pay $2,000 to the family of the victim. Haiti Given Until Sept. 17. Washington. -- HaIti's Parliamnicn has been given until September 17 to act on the pr-oposed treaty by which the United States would exteud a linancial protectorate over the un \Meantime, the American marines wi:1 (-ontinue to occupy the prineipaj cities af the Island to prevent recurrence of inarchy. Charge Davis of the Ameri. an Legatlon at Port au Prince hadl tsked that the treaty draft be ap proved at one, when Paraliamnent was scheduled to adjou rn. Berlin May RestrIct Sale of Liquor. Ber-lin, via London'r-Police author, ties are attempting to curt'ail theO 3onsumiption of dlistilled liquor-s; ;t s proposed that the government in he Berlin district forbid sale of th ese iqulors after 7 p. nm., on ordlinary days Indl entirely on Sundlays and holidatys inid the days preceding and fol'owving hem, and to restr-ict all sales to brands 'osting a minimum of four marks $1) per liter, which is 'Wllghtly Over me quart, It is undlerstood the gov 'rnment is unwilling at present to at empt national prohitia. CITADBELL BOAR NAMESWINNERS VISITORS MEET IN COLUMBIA AND ANNOUNCE SCHOLAR. SHIP AWARDS. LARGEST APPLICATION LIST Full List of Successful Contestants Fog' Thirty-Five Vacancies at State Institution. Columbia.The scholarship comn~ Tee of Jhe board of visitors of the Ci . del met in the office of the state su perintendent of education to select the winners of the appointments in the various counties. The members of the committee are: Col. Orlando Sheppard, Edgefleld; Col. D. A. Spivey, Conway; J. E. Swearingen, state superintendent of education, and O. J. Bond, superin tendent of the Citadel. The number of applicants was lar ger than ever before in the history of the Citadel. 'rho successful con testants for the 35 vacancies follow: Abbeville, J. W. Wilson, G. T. Ha gan; Aiken, M. Surasky; Anderson, J. G. Bruce, T. C. Cannon; Barnwell, J. J. Still, Jr.; Berkeley, to be an n'ounced later; Charleston, A. Epstein, B. W. Seymour; Cherokee, A. L. Poole; Chesterfield, J. 11. Rivers; Clar. endon, W. C. Wolfe; Collecton, H. C. Jones; Darlington, W. E. James; Edgefield, J. B. Hart; Florence, W. C. Huggins; Greenville, D. Harrison; Geor'getown, F. W. Ford; Greenwood, H. W. Ta rkington, J. K. Coleman; Kershaw, G. W. Nicholson; Laurence, J. D. Fuller; Newberry, C. J. Dunston; Orangeburg. M. K. Jeffords, A. D. Fair; Richland, A. I. Tabor, F. A. Thompson; Spartanburg, W. W. Fant, Jr., W. F. Thompson; Sumter, J. H. Sanders; Union, J. R. Lawson; Wil liamsburg, J. M. Lesesne; Jasper, to be announed later; Lancaster, candi date No. 11 successful applicant. Fatal Accident Near Greenville. Greenville. - Miss Hattie Emma Sammonds was instantly killed when the automobile in which she and two of her brothers were riding turned over in a ditch on the Sandy Flat road sonic six or seven miles from Greenville. The young people had started to Mountain Creek church rind the driver of the machine was at tempting to pass a buggy. Some weeds grew on the side of he road and these concealed the ditch into which the machine plunged. The step of the car crushed against the neck of the young woman, breaking the neck and killing her. One of her brothers was Injured, Nurse Will Talk of Work. Columbia.-Miss Sara M. F. Babb, a registered nurse of the American Red Cross town and country nursing service, will speak before the joint meeting of the South Carolina Con ference for the Conmuon Good and the South Carolina Conference on Chari. ties and Corrections in Columbia on the night of Septembher 8 on "Public Service Activities in Greenville." Miss Babb has been in ervice in Greenville for several month and~ will be enab edto come to the fconference fresh from her experien es *andl work of several months inhils populous up. country. Laurens Bankers id Farmers. Laurens.-For~ the pf rpose of giving added impetus to the live stock indus. try In this county, tie bankers of Laurens held a mieetmk and unani mously agreed to give such support, financially andl otherwise, as is con sistent with good business ability to aid. Patr-ons of the various banking ~ institutions and the farmers enerally will be urged to devote more atten tion to live stock raising, aspecially cattle andl hogs. Kick of Horse is Fatal. ' Govan.-J. Madison Odom dien from the effect of a wvound inflicted by the kick of a horse, lie wvas chastis. lng the animal with a whip when it kicked him In the region of the stomach. Hie lived several hornrs. suffering excruciating pain. Compress and Warehouse Company. Charlestonr-T-'hat the Mutual Com press and Ware:house company has been organized to rectify the tardy do livery of cotton to Charleston by railroads is the statement authorized by C. F. Middloton, who heads the newly commissioned $100,000 project. "The plant whicat is to be construct ed on the Cooper river site now occu piedl by the Riverside Iron wvorks wifl be a strictly local proposition," sa1k Mr. Midldleton. Interested parties in cltude the firms of Finley & Hlasell, j R. Young & Co. Finds Accounts O. K. Rldgeland.-Col. D. H-. Wise and Maj. 10. M. Gilmore delegated by the comptroller general to check up state-L ments of hte auditor and treasurer for Jasper county for the past fiscal year, have inspected the balance sheet and report sapne t~o be correct and satis factory. They spent two days in towvn on the work. iru[)ng the work, W. 'H Pinekney, foreman of the grand jury, was present, as well as S. 13. Owens, superintendent of ed'ucation. All ex pressed themselves as satisfied with the work.